Dominic Cooper is Iron Man's Dad.

Yes, the very excellent John Slattery can be currently seen as Howard Stark in Iron Man 2, but word around the campfire is that Dominic Cooper will portray young Howard Stark in The First Avenger: Captain America. Salon reports that the English actor is slated to play Stark (Via /Film & MTV).
Sure, Cooper may not look exactly like John Slattery, but he's a very charismatic and charming actor. Cooper was quite great in his supporting turn in last year's An Education (Netflix it immediately and fall in love with Carey Mulligan) and fits in well with Marvel's mold of casting strong actors even for the small character parts.
No word on how significant of a role young Howard Stark will have in Captain America, but Cooper will join an interesting cast with Chris Evans as Captain America and go to geek movie villain Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull.
According to the latest issue of Production Weekly (Subscription required), the film is slated to begin production this July and an offer is out to Tommy Lee Jones to join the cast.

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